humiliated
humiliated is the simple past and past participle of humiliate.
Meaning of humiliate
Verb
humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)
- To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
- The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.
- To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- Synonyms:
- debase, demote, humble, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, defame, degrade, demean, depress
- Antonyms:
- dignify, honor, advance, aggrandize, elevate, ennoble, exalt, nobilitate, prefer, promote
- To defeat overwhelmingly.
Adjective
humiliated
- deprived of dignity or self-respect
- Synonyms:
- degraded
Synonyms of humiliated
Words formed from humiliated
Questions about humiliated
- What does humiliated mean?
- Humiliated means deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- What is humiliated the simple past and past participle of?
- Humiliated is the simple past and past participle of humiliate.
- What part of speech is humiliated?
- Humiliated is an adjective.
Words near humiliated in the dictionary
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